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The leader of Spain's far-right Vox party Santiago Abascal casts his vote on the last day of European Parliament elections, with right-wing parties expected to make gains. Polls opened on Sunday in 21 EU member countries, with the bloc facing a range of challenges, from the ongoing war in Ukraine to the prospect of having to adapt to a new Donald Trump presidency in the US. IMAGES
The head of the PS/Place publique list for the European elections, Raphael Glucksmann, votes in a school in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Polls have shown that the joint list of Place Publique, a progressive left movement co-founded by Glucksmann, and the Socialist Party (PS) is seriously challenging the centrist list of Macron's coalition for second place in the June 9 polls behind the far right who remain way ahead. IMAGES
Spanish politician and leader of the Catalan branch of Spain's ruling Socialist party Salvador Illa votes in the Catalonia regional elections, as the party hopes to seize power in the country's wealthy northeastern region of around eight million people. IMAGES
Spanish lawmakers rejects a deeply divisive Catalan amnesty bill on with the hardline separatist party that demanded it voting against it on grounds it did not go far enough. The bill will now be sent back to a parliamentary commission in a major setback for Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that highlights the fragility of his parliamentary support. IMAGES
Spanish Prime minister and socialist candidate, Pedro Sánchez, votes at a polling station in Madrid's city centre, alongside his wife, in a snap general election. Voters across Spain head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to hand Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or bring the right back into power with its far-right coalition ally. Polls suggest a shift to the right and victory for Alberto Nunez Feijoo's conservative Popular Party. IMAGES